About book
What would it have been like to walk the lava-filled earth four and a half billion years ago?
Or take your first step on the surface of the moon?
And what would you do if robots took over the world?
In their series of novels, George’s Secret Key to the Universe, Lucy and Stephen Hawking imagined what great adventures one boy might have if he travelled through space.
But the books were based on real-life facts – and together Lucy and Stephen collected an incredible wealth of information about everything from life on Mars to the secrets of black holes.
For the first time this non-fiction content has been collected into one astonishing volume, with brand new content for 2020, including facts about genetics, conspiracy theories and climate change.
Beautifully illustrated and absolutely bursting with amazing facts and figures, this is the perfect guide to everything you’ve ever wanted to know about our world and beyond.
About the Author
STEPHEN HAWKING was a brilliant theoretical physicist, generally considered to have been one of the world’s greatest thinkers. He was Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge and is the author of A Brief History of Time which was an international bestseller. His other books for the general reader include A Briefer History of Time, the essay collection Black Holes and Baby Universe, The Universe in a Nutshell, and Brief Answers to the Big Questions.
He died on 14 March, 2018.
LUCY HAWKING is a children’s writer, the co-creator of non-fiction compendium Unlocking the Universe and the George fiction series, with her father Stephen Hawking. Lucy is a former journalist, having written widely for British newspapers, and she gives regular talks about science and stories to audiences all over the world.
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“Dark Matter Dark matter is an idea. The Universe behaves in a way that cannot be explained by the amount of material we can see. A galaxy would have to be about ten times bigger than the galaxy we can see to explain its behaviour. Scientists don’t know what else might be present – they can’t see anything – so they call the missing part dark matter. It could be particles, or very small dim stars, or black holes – some scientists think dark matter could be hot, and some think it could be cold. Discussions – and research – continue.”
“the darkness, however, there are quiet changes.”
― Stephen Hawking, Unlocking the Universe
Review
One of the best books in recent times.
Firstly, even though I’m adults I have this book just because I love science.
This book just incredible and I’m learning so much from this book. Even though I know many of the things already.
Basically, this book is for children and mid-age who wants to explore the universe
But to be honest, anyone can read who loves science.
This book cover hell lot of topics like
Relatively
Blackhole
Dark Matter
Energy
Life
Etc.
The best thing about the book is illustrated pages’ thoughts It black and white only.
This is the best one to gift for a child.
It’s a kind of book that you need to know to travel through space.
From the 1st page was like omg!
Information and knowledge are just at the next levels.
When you finish this book you will become much aware of universe.